Chloroplasts and mitochondria contain their own genomes and protein-synthesizing systems, but only a fraction of the genes required for the proper function of these organelles are specified by the genomes. Organelle Genes and Genomes reviews the properties of chloroplast and mitochondrial geneomes and shows how such study is now contributing broadly to the resolution of important biological problems. These range from the use of organelle DNA molecules in evolutionary and phylogenetic studies to molecular investigations of the mechanisms underlying RNA editing, intron splicing and mobility, and mitochnodrial disease. The book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the structure and function of chloroplasts and mitochondria. Part II discusses their origins as well of the structure, content, and replication of their genomes for phylogenetic studies. Part III considers the genetics of model systems, transformation, the inheritance of organelle genomes and their intracellular genetics. This section includes chapters dealing with intron splicing, mobile elements, organelle plasmids and mitochondrial diseases. Part IV considers gene expression in organelles including novel problems like RNA editing. Students and researchers in genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, and evolution will welcome this new contribution by an eminent researcher in the field.
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"[A] big, dense and thorough examination of what is known about the genetics of mitochondria and chloroplasts....Organized in a clear way, with more than adequate illustrations, this book would be invaluable to the appropriate reader....For the geneticist interested in organelle genetics, for the graduate student planning research in this area, this book is a must-have."--Applied Cytogenetics
"An excellent and very thorough book."--Ming-Mei Chang, SUNY-Genesee --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"An excellent and very thorough book."--Ming-Mei Chang, SUNY-Genesee --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Nicholas W. Gillham is at Duke University.
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One of the major features distinguishing eukaryotic cells and prokaryotes such as bacteria, including blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria), is that eukaryotic cells are populated with a variety of subcellular organelles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cytb gene, varl gene, zygote clone analysis, liverwort mitochondrial genome, vegetative petites, coxl gene, nuclear photosynthetic genes, variable mitochondrial genome, plant chloroplast genomes, phage analogy model, flowering plant mitochondrial genomes, higher plant mitochondrial genome, plant mitochondrial genes, plastid transmission, conservative sorting, mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes, unique sequence regions, biparental zygotes, chloroplast nucleoids, stopper mutant, yeast mitochondrial genes, subgenomic circles, mitochondrial nucleoids, chloroplast protein synthesis, plastid nucleoids Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Acids Res, Plant Mol, Academic Press, Plant Physiol, San Diego, Cell Biol, Cold Spring Harbor, Plenum Press, Trends Biochem, Cell Organelles, Trends Genet, Topics Bioenerget, Plant Sci, Raven Press, United States, Civil War, North Holland, Van Winkle-Swift, Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Papua New Guinea, Cell Sci, Hawaiian Drosophila, Missouri Bot, Opinion Genet New!
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- Division and Segregation of Organelles (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series) by Stephen A. Boffey on 5 pages
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